Key-holder.



. W. PUTNAM. 'y

KEY HOLDER,

v:zaLic/WLOI# m50 MARA 23, um.

lutnw May ll, 1915.

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Application lec March 23, F315. Serial lo. i

Q' .//Iz7 117mm 2751122203/ concern.

it known tha L D12-i0 W. UTNAM, e citizen of che United States of America7 lling' in the city of Buffalo, county of 7 and, State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in iolclers, oi' which the following is e clear, and exact description.

' well known that when keys on e 'iig are carried in the pocket of a gerey soon ebmde the materiel and cocket to he Worn through with hat there is danger of losing the u To obviete this condition, i have provided e durable holder for the keys and key @ai iii which the keys are drawn end icioiiely held. in place. The keys ere sily removed from the holder by simply ssing' its edges toward each other, alici eer "eiig iisecl may be quickly drawn up info She holder age-iii. VThe keys are always 4ol'ieci to the 'holder and therefore they not iie'ele to become lost. c have eccomplishedv the above objects emi ecivanteofes by the device shown in che ecconiianyiog drewiiigs. In these drewiiigs, like characters of reference indicate cli:

ore i is e. 'from eleve-tion of my key cider with the keys extended emi ready ,-r use. is e Seccional elevation of e 'ekeii on iine 2-2 of Fig. l, Fig. elevation of the same with the up into elle holder. v .i e comprises e lioicler formed i s irene eed e beek 5 mede of flexible ely o' leather or lie iike. rorming 'che freni; arial beck er is sui'eoly seitchecl around -d leftopen et one emi. The cider is provider?. yiliftli :i slot 'l' meer 4die operi end? emi a, sie@ 8 neer vhe Passing elirougli the slots 7 strep 9J which has its enfisl suitable festenfmg ii? The ends of the serein ere erso hat loop l2 is formeel berieei tening means ll for the-reception. of key ring; 1?

Exenciiiigeroumi The ibhree stiichecl skies of zhevhfolcier is resilient member 14, mede 'o L'eielggly oi? spring wire. This member she-irons and liackfoi ehe holder arid et the -it will keep these parte taule and. cerise ike peres throughout the several views, of

is tiisposeci between thel materiel forming' Specification of Letters Permet.

edges hereoir. ii line stitching lo. ending arouiid the holder, inse inside oie resilient member, keeps he seme iii Desiiiori., rl'he portion this member Whichkexo Since the strep 9 es its eogether within the holder, is wiY that mi endless oele is forme/i f through the slots 4" and They 13 carrying the keys i?, herein described, is carried by Ehe loop i2 end of the strep 9 and after ehe keys i' been used they may he drown up Within elle holfier oy grasping the srep et e @eine ne the closed end oi' the hold-ei1 ariel paio owerd the open end.

resilienmember 11.1,- is erreiigecl Streich the meerial, forming fro 3 beck 5 emi 6, respec'ciyely ci? ehe he, l

keys to be fiicioimlly hekl up Wiiiir.. holder.

he holder so *that the edges neer the end may be pressed toyyerel earch ol whereupon the fricticiiel eiigagemenioi ef released emi sume will one o.' holder by gravity and occupy the 'posieioi showr; iii i.

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be eesily coiireriiem; sri Y lille i hr shown. and Yii coisriectioii 'wiii keye i i limb e purpose, :md do nel?, therf wish to limit the eppliceion to the use here# iii sliowiion escrihed, L,

Hering; thus descrileci my imeiioei9 l claim is: v

A key holder comprising e lroii merou be?? and e heck member stisciiecl iogehcr i three skies? resilient. member around seid sichecl sies eed en eiifiiess serai, for homing 'e key ring, slideoly teeliefl to seid beck'merriber.

strap, for

ached to said back member and passing on said resilient member at the closed end of said holder. Y A key holder comprising a front mem ber and a back member stitched together at. three sides, formed as to provide a slot at each end thereof, an endless strap passing through said' slots, 'and means for secnringa key ring to saidstrap.

4. A key holder comprising a front member anda back, member stitched together at one end and at two sides, a resilient member, for keeping'said front and back members taut, extending across said stitched end and up each f said stitched sides and provided with an offset at said stitched end,

' an'endless strap slidably attached to said back memberand passing over said offset in said resilient manner, and said strap besaid'back member being soy ing so formed as to provide a loop for theA reception of a key ring.

5. A key holder comprising a front member and a back member stitched together at sides, said back member being formed so as to provide a slot at each end thereof, a resilient member, for keeping said front and back 'members taut, extending across said stitched end and up each of said stitched sides and provided one end and at two with an odset" at said stitched end and disposed 'directly stitched end, an endless 'strap slidably arranged `through the slots oi said back mem ber and passing over said odset in said resilient member, formed as to provide a loop for the reception of a key ring.-

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in' the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. l

y DEYO W. PUTNAM. lVitnesses:

' J. WM.' ELLIS,

WALTER H.*KELLEY.

beneath the slot at' said i and said strap being so 

